Wrong Hands

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1. on November 26, 2019 at 8:37 am | Reply Xena and Lucy

   Good one. Limericks are fun.

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   • on November 26, 2019 at 9:04 am | Reply Wrong Hands

     Thanks. They’re definitely fun to write.

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2. on November 26, 2019 at 11:40 am | Reply Nomi

   This is amusing but it is not a limerick per se. It doesn’t scan to the limerick rhythm. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerick_(poetry)

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   • on November 26, 2019 at 2:59 pm | Reply Wrong Hands

     Sorry to hear that.

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3. on November 26, 2019 at 6:43 pm | Reply Terry Morgan

   From prison Manette headed west
   For fear of the Bastille’s unrest,
   While Paris was tumbling
   and London was grumbling
   that the times were the worst and the best.

   I think that tidies it up a trifle! Enjoyed that, thanks.

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4. on November 30, 2019 at 7:35 am | Reply Calmgrove

   Literary gems get such kickings,
   Reduced to such very slim pickings:
   When TV and movies
   Gut what’s true, jeez,
   Who’d wish to be Austen or Dickens?

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   • on November 30, 2019 at 7:46 am | Reply Wrong Hands

     Well said.

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5. on April 15, 2026 at 6:55 pm | Reply Marshall

   I always knew Dickens was a bit gloomy, but condensing all that misery into a limerick is a stroke of absolute genius. It is actually a little scary how accurate this is considering it took me three attempts to get through the actual book without falling asleep. I think I prefer this version because it gets straight to the point without the need for fifty pages of description about a foggy street. Do you think the classics would be more popular if we just summarized them all like this?

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